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(No Model.) 2Sheets-Sheet 1 C. W. LOOMIS 8u A. P. YATES'.

GHEGK REGISTER.

Patented Jl11y1'9, 1881.

1mi@ u A2 Sheets-Sheet 2. C. W.. LOOMIS 8u A. P. YATES. CHECK REGISTER.

Patented July 19,1881.

` INVENTBRE (No Model.)

'WITNEEEE we i@ @WMe UNITED STATES CHARLES W. LOOMIS AND ARTHUR P.YATES, OF SYRAOUSE, NEW YORK.

PATENT OFFICE.'

CHECK-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,465, dated July 19,1881.

Application filed Apm'l 19, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Beit known that we, CHARLES W. LooMls landARTHUR P. YATES, of Syracuse, in the countyof Onondaga, in the StateofNewYork,

5 have invented new and useful Improvements.

in Check-Registers, of which the following, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description. 1

This invention has rei'erence to the registra tion of that class ofchecks which are used in restaurants and other places of business as ameans of showing the cashier the amount to be collected from the patron.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, convenient, andatthe same time reliable means of keeping account of the number and amountof the checks issued to the customers and collected by the cashier eachday, or within a certain period; and to that end the invention consistsin the hereinafterdescribed peculiar construction and combination of theregistering mechanism and its inclosing-case, the operation of whichrequires only one set of checks and the use of only one hand of theoperator, as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of our improvedcheck-register; Fig. 2, avertical transverse section of the same. Fig. 3is an enlarged isometric viewvof the registering mechanism detached fromthe case. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the gage employed in lieu of thegraduations on the check-recepta cle; and Fig. 5 is a transverse sectionof the check specially adapted for our registering apparatus.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the case of the registering apparatus, composed of wood orother suitable material, and finished on its exterior in any desirablestyle. The upper portion of the case A, which constitutes the mainportion thereof, projects with its front over the lower portion of thecase, and thus forms a recess, R, underneath the former. The bottomplate of the projecting portion is provided at or near the front edgewith a forwardly and downwardly sloping aperture, D, which constitutesthe delivery for the checks, as hereinafter explained. Upon the top ofthe aforesaid bottom-plate is secured a guide, a, in the form of ahorizontal plate, terminating with a downward deflection, j', which isfitted into the sloping aperture D, and forms a chute for the checkscarried to their said delivery from the case.

Over the guide a is mounted the receptacle for the checks to beregistered. Said receptacle we prefer to make in the forln of a verticalcylindrical column or tube c, which has at its front a longitudinalslot, o, and a graduated scale, s, along the side of said slot, saidgraduation being made to correspond with the thickness of the checksused. The base of the column c is above the guide a. adistance equal tothe thickness of one of said checks, and through the passage d thusformed slides a plate, b, guided by flanges on the-sides of the guide a,before described. The slide bis allowed to move a sufficient distancerearward to carry its front end from under the interior of the column'c,and thus allow the checks in said columnf to settle down onto the bottomplate of the guide a. A forward movement of 7 5 the slide b forces thebottom check out from under the column and carries it to the chute f,from whence it drops out of the case A through the delivery D.

From the bottom of the slide b projects a rigid pendent shank,g, to thelower extremity of which is connected a rod which is extended throughthe front of the lower and recessed portion of the case A, and providedat the exterior of the same with a suitable knob or handle, h, by meansof which the slide b can be operated. By connecting the slide b with theguide c by a tractile spring, S, and interposing between the shank g andinner face of the case A an expansive sprin g, r, the slide is heldnormally in a retracted position, requiring only a pull on the knob h tocause the slide b to deliver the check through the aperture D, the slideb resuming its normal position automatically with the release of theknob h.

The deliveryD being arranged directly over the knob h allows theoperator to catch the check issuing from said delivery by the same handwith which he manipulates the knob, thus greatly facilitating theoperation.

V represents a weighted follower applied to the top of the uppermostcheckin the column c, and having a pointer, w, extended through the sloto for the purpose of more definitely in- IOC dicating the number ofchecks drawn from the column.

rI he upper or main part of the case A is provided in front with ahinged drop leaf or lid, T, which, when opened, as indicated by dottedlines in Fig. 2 of the drawings,gives access to the tubes or columns cfor replacing the checks and for taking account of the registries, andat the same time forms a shelf or tablet upon which to place the accountot the registries taken from the column e.

p denotes a gage in the form ot' a weighted follower, adapted to enterthe column c, and having a graduated stem, t, which slides in the groove0, and b y the coincidence of its graduations with the top of the columnindicates the number of checks drawn from the base of the latter, saidgage being more especially designed to be used in lien of thegraduations on the column when obliterated or defaced, or the column ismade of wire or other material not admitting of the graduations e.

Since the arrangement of our registering' apparatus makes it necessarythat all the checks should be of a uniform thickness and perfectly true,we make our checks concave, as illustrated at E in Fig. 5 of thedrawings, tllereby preventing warping and buckling ot' the center ot'the check and the resultant variations in the height of a number ofchecks placed one upon another.

Having described our,invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The guide-plate a, provided at its front end with the chutef, theslide b, provided with the rigid pendent shank g, the forward-extendedhandle, h, connected to said shank, and the graduated column c, mountedover the guide a, back of the chute f, in combination with the case A,provided at its front end with the delivery D, and underneath the latterwith the recess R, through the front plate of which the handle hprotrudes, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with the case A, provided at its front with thedelivery D and recess R underneath said delivery, the guide a, havingthe chutef adjacent to the delivery D, the graduated column c, arrangedover the guide a, with the passage d between them, the slide b,connected with the guide a by the spring s, the pendent shank g,projecting from the slide I), the forwardly-extended handle It,connected to the shank g and protruding at the front of the recess R,and the spring r, interposed between the shank g and front of the case,all substantially as described and shown.

In testimony whereof` we have hereunto signed our names and aliixed ourseals,in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in thecounty of Onondaga, in the State ot' New York, this 15th day ot'April,1881.

CHARLES W. LOOMIS. lL. s.] l ARTHUR P. YATES. |L. s] Witnesses:

C. H. DUELL,

WM. C. RAYMOND.

